FAQ

During your first visit, you will be asked about your medical history and any concerns and conditions that you would like to clear through hypnotherapy. Your goals, interests and needs will be discussed.

You will learn what hypnosis is and how it works, so that you will have an understanding and be comfortable about it.

ou will then be directed through relaxation techniques to change the behaviors and alleviate the symptoms by using mental imagery and intended suggestions. For example, someone suffering from panic attacks may be given the suggestion that, in the future, they will be able to relax at will.

Each session also includes training in Self-Hypnosis in order to continue the benefits in the comfort of your own home. All clients are instructed and coached in the proper use of self-hypnosis so that they will have a tool that they can use for the rest of their life. The total process is a gentle, relaxing experience that leaves you feeling energized, refreshed and comfortable with your new goals.

It can also help you to build new patterns or habits: successful public speaking, confidence, regular exercise, eating pattern and weight loss, de-stress techniques, study habits, focusing, technique enhancements for playing sports or music.

The first session is 1.5 hours; subsequent hypnosis sessions are 60 minutes but may vary in length. It may be shorter if the goal for the session is accomplished or longer if issues emerge that need to be dealt with.

The number of sessions required depends on the problem or issue for which the client is seeking help. Hypnotherapy can make rapid changes but there is a difference in the number of sessions required for nail biting versus decades of depression. It also depends on how long the client has had the issue or problem, their motivation to change, their ability to follow instructions and their responsiveness to hypnosis.

No, in fact hypnotherapy can help you gain control of respiration, heartbeat, blood pressure etc. You remain in control the whole time and will only integrate those suggestions that you have chosen for yourself in the beginning of session, only suggestions that are useful and appropriate for you.

There is this big misunderstanding of what hypnotherapy (hypnosis) is. Because of stage hypnosis, which sometimes makes it look as if a person is unconscious (they aren’t), people sometimes think a hypnotic trance is unconsciousness, rather than simply relaxation.

Yes, hypnotherapy can be used to help a wide range of conditions that some people may think are purely physical, including IBS, dizziness, migraines, physical twitching, teeth grinding, facial tics and many others.

No, not really, but if you’re worried about being tired and falling asleep (because you will feel wonderfully relaxed) different inductions can be found to keep that from happening. So you’ll be relaxed but alert.

It’s very successful for weight loss, if you are serious and dedicated. You will still enjoy the foods you want to. However the amount of food consumed will be reduced and through hypnosis the appetite is satisfied and the inclination towards a healthy foods is intensified, essentially making the weight melt off.